�����Թ�

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 20, 2023

CHICAGO – Ten health care facilities have earned the 2023 Sustainability Champions Award for demonstrating strong leadership in becoming more sustainable facilities and using saved resources to support patient care. The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) of �����Թ� will recognize these facilities — alongside more than a hundred other hospitals that have earned an Energy to Care Award for lowering energy use and accomplishing sustainability goals — at its , August 6-9 in San Antonio:

• Ascension NE Wisconsin – Mercy Campus
• Ascension Seton Medical Center Williamson Hospital
• Ascension St. Vincent Fishers Hospital
• Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
• Ascension St. Vincent's Medical Center Clay County Hospital
• Atrium Health Lincoln
• Atrium Health Mercy
• Atrium Health Union
• Aurora Medical Center – Oshkosh
• Parkland Health – Main Campus

Participation in the Energy to Care Program has seen consistent growth since its inception in 2006. More than 4,000 facilities have participated since 2010, and in the entire life of the program, health care facilities have seen a combined savings of over $550 million dollars reallocated to patient care.

The program also recognizes past Energy to Care Award winners who have continued to accomplish sustainability goals with the Sustained Performance Award, which was introduced in 2022. �����Թ�congratulates these facilities for further reducing or maintaining reduced emissions:

• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center – Atlantic City Campus
• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center – Mainland Campus
• Atrium Health Cabarrus
• Atrium Health Cleveland
• Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
• Atrium Health Kings Mountain
• Atrium Health Lincoln
• Atrium Health Mercy
• Atrium Health Pineville
• Atrium Health Polk Medical Center
• Atrium Health Stanly
• Atrium Health Union
• Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
• Atrium Health Wilkes Regional Medical Center
• Aurora Lakeland Medical Center
• Aurora Medical Center – Grafton
• Aurora Medical Center – Burlington
• Aurora Medical Center – Manitowoc County
• Aurora Medical Center – Oshkosh
• Aurora St. Luke's South Shore
• Geisinger Grays Woods
• Geisinger Justin Drive 2
• Geisinger Healthplex Woodbine
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
• Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
• Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute at Southwest
• Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center

�����Թ�congratulates these Sustainability Champions and Sustained Performance awardees and all the hospitals that earned an Energy to Care Award. View all the 2023 Energy to Care Award Winners at energytocare.org/EnergyAwards.

Through the Energy to Care program, �����Թ�Chapters can participate in a challenge, competing to demonstrate the highest reductions in energy consumption. Thirteen �����Թ�Chapters participated in the Energy to Care 2023 Chapter Challenge. �����Թ�congratulates the winners of the 2023 Chapter Challenge and thanks all participants for their work to save energy.

• Large Category Winners: Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management
• Small Category Winner: Arkansas Association for Healthcare Engineering

�����Թ� Energy to Care
Energy to Care is an energy reduction program for health care facility management professionals who want to add value to their organizations through energy savings. �����Թ�is working hard to help members set and achieve sustainability goals. To meet this objective, �����Թ�created trusted sustainability resources that are specifically tailored for health care facilities. Visit to learn more about the program.

�����Թ� ASHE
�����Թ�is a professional membership group of �����Թ�. More than 12,500 members rely on �����Թ�as a key source of professional development, industry information and advocacy, including representation on key issues that affect their work in the physical health care environment. For more information about ASHE, contact 312-422-3800 or visit .